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First Tesco, then Argos… now Aldi. The price of tablets is plummeting again as the cheap-as-chips supermarket becomes the latest to sell a budget-friendly tablet this weekend.
Aldi will stick the 7-inch Medion Lifetab E7316 on shelves on Sunday for just £80.
The LifeTab has a quad-core 1.6GHz processor, with 8GB of storage. It runs Android 4.2.2 software, which is a few generations behind the latest Android 4.4 update.
One of the biggest problems with cheaper tablets is often the screen, and the LifeTab is no exception with an unremarkable 1,024×600 display.
So is it worth sticking in your basket? Depends what you want. If you’re after 3G Web browsing when you’re out and about, or sharply-detailed movies, or super-fast gaming, then you need to keep saving the pennies for a pricier tablet — like the excellent Google Nexus 7, for example. But if you want a tablet the whole family can use and abuse for simple tasks like email or the odd bit of browsing, and price is the overriding factor, then why not — just don’t expect too much.
Cheapo tablets have proved a hit with customers. Not only has Argos waded in with the £100 Bush MyTablet, but Tesco has already confirmed after boffo business in just a few weeks of selling the £120 Hudl that it’s planning a follow-up next year.
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